Top 7 yes. We'd get another stud under our control for 4 more years.
If we get Wiggins or Parker how can Hayward get the max, and we still keep Kanter?
I like Hay, but I'm not sold on him over everyone else. If we get one of the top 2 guys, all we need is to get a shooter to go along side.
Hay would be great to have, but not necessary in this scenario.
The problem is the Jazz can't.
No guarantee a pick will be top 7 if you trade it this year, and the Jazz can't trade Hayward after the trade deadline.
And no team in their right mind is going to trade for an RFA using an unprotected draft pick if they're already in the top7 range to begin with.
yea, because he'll be gone anyway.
Why do people think this?
He is a RESTRICTRED Free Agent
We have more cap room than almost every team.
We can offer him more money(legally), and a whole nother year on a contract (new CBA)
We can match any offer any team throws at him.
The only other contract negotiation coming up in next 2 yrs. is Kanter's (Burks isn't playing well enough to really worry about losing him).
Whoever we draft doesn't have to be negotiated for 4 yrs after they are drafted.
Next year will be much improved team, and Hayward knows that. He also knows this gutting of the roster was done so he and the other young guys could prove their worth.
Hayward says he likes it here, and the community likes him back.
There was no bad blood from no deal. We offered him what his stats last year dictated, he said he could do better. We will pay what he's worth, even if that's a max.
[size/HUGE] fixed [/size];697821 said:It's nothing like the Cavs situation that got them Kyrie.
Hayward is playing well. He's young. Timetodumphimiguess.
Because we don't want to overpay him to keep him. Same reason Brandon Jennings was let go and why Rudy gay was a guy they kept trying to trade and why joe Johnson was such a bad contract.
None of those guys are bad players but if they are paid to much it hurts the team.
I'm not saying we don't want him but there is a real possibility he gets overpaid and we decide not to match.
The problem is the Jazz can't.
No guarantee a pick will be top 7 if you trade it this year, and the Jazz can't trade Hayward after the trade deadline.
And no team in their right mind is going to trade for an RFA using an unprotected draft pick if they're already in the top7 range to begin with.